[UK]NUS conference condemns drag and tells gay men to ‘stop acting like black women’
An NUS conference has passed a motion condemning drag and cross dressing, while another motion attacks gay men who speak like black women.
The motions were submitted to the National Union of Students Women’s Campaign conference – which came under fire online last week after warning that clapping could be distressing for some students.

[India] Panjab University to introduce 'third gender' category
Panjab University (PU) will soon introduce a column for transgenders (TG) under 'gender' category in all its application forms, academic testimonials and other relevant documents that are processed or issued by the university.

[New Zealand] The cost of coming out as transgender
Two weeks ago, Jess Taylor's future parents-in-law got a letter.
The 22-year-old left it on the kitchen table of their Invercargill home before going to work.
In the letter, Taylor requested to be referred to as a "he" from now on. His new name would be Nathaniel.

[Canada] Burton named to Canadian dodgeball team
There was a time Savannah Burton thought she’d never play dodgeball again.
Now, she’s about to represent Canada as a member of the national women’s team at the 2015 Dodgeball World Championship in Las Vegas, NV in August.
Burton is transgender and has been living full-time as a woman since September of 2013. She had played the sport competitively, even suiting up for the men’s team at the inaugural world championship event in 2012, before her transition.

[USA/Canada]Dr. Kenneth Zucker’s War on Transgenders
Lynn Conway is one of the trans community’s great heroes. An inventor and computer chip researcher, in the late ’60s she was fired from her job at IBM when she began to transition from a man to a woman. She decided to go “stealth” and start her life over again as Lynn. She quickly rose through the ranks and the Department of Defense began using her work on top secret projects. Her textbooks became canonical works on computer chip research, earning her tenure as professor emeritus at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. In 1999, researchers linked Lynn’s current work to her earlier work at IBM and she came out as transgender. Since then, her website has been the go-to place for transgenders looking for the latest news about their community.Professor Lynn Conway on Dr. Kenneth Zucker (Video)

[GA, USA]How To Kill A Discriminatory ‘Religious Liberty’ Bill: Call The Bluff
Georgia lawmakers have been quickly advancing their own version of a “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” (RFRA), a bill similar to the pro-discrimination legislation that just became law in Indiana. SB 129 has already passed the Georgia Senate — having advanced through votes while Democrats were in the bathroom — but it came to a screeching halt in a House committee on Thursday.